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Merge pull request #513 from JohannesPfeifer/improved_messages 

Add more explicit information in case of singularity problem
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Houtan Bastani 2013-10-31 02:17:07 -07:00
parent 07137e804b 8282e76d61
commit b79f7e5559
3 changed files with 10 additions and 2 deletions
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matlab/dynare_estimation_1.m
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@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ if ~options_.mh_posterior_mode_estimation && options_.cova_compute
disp('POSTERIOR KERNEL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM!')
disp(' (minus) the hessian matrix at the "mode" is not positive definite!')
disp('=> posterior variance of the estimated parameters are not positive.')
disp('You should try to change the initial values of the parameters using')
disp('You should try to change the initial values of the parameters using')
disp('the estimated_params_init block, or use another optimization routine.')
params_at_bound=find(xparam1==ub | xparam1==lb);
if ~isempty(params_at_bound)

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matlab/model_diagnostics.m
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@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ end
%
% singular Jacobian of static model
%
singularity_problem = 0;
if ~isfield(M,'block_structure_stat')
nb = 1;
else
@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ for b=1:nb
end
rank_jacob = rank(jacob);
if rank_jacob < size(jacob,1)
singularity_problem = 1;
disp(['model_diagnostic: the Jacobian of the static model is ' ...
'singular'])
disp(['there is ' num2str(endo_nbr-rank_jacob) ...
@ -143,4 +145,9 @@ for b=1:nb
end
end
end
if singularity_problem
fprint('The presence of a singularity problem typically indicates that there is one\n')
fprint('redundant equation entered in the model block, while another non-redundant equation\n')
fprint('is missing. The problem often derives from Walras Law.\n')
end

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matlab/print_info.m
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@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ if ~noprint
case 2
error(['The generalized Schur (QZ) decomposition failed. ' ...
'For more information, see the documentation for Lapack function dgges: info=' ...
int2str(info(2)) ', n=' int2str(info(3))])
int2str(info(2)) ', n=' int2str(info(3)) ...
'. You can also run model_diagnostics to get more information on what may cause this problem.'])
case 3
error(['Blanchard Kahn conditions are not satisfied: no stable' ...
' equilibrium'])